Alison Fraser, BACP
20 years in practice
Alison Fraser is a counsellor with 20 years of professional experience working in the United Kingdom.
License and registration
- BACP
- 395766 · expires May 2027
- Years in practice
- 20
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the registration with the body that granted it.
About Alison
Alison Fraser is a counsellor with 20 years of professional experience working in the United Kingdom. She offers a warm, empathic space and speaks plainly about problems so people can make sense of them. Alison helps people who are feeling stuck, anxious, low in mood, or unsure about their next steps.
She has worked across the NHS and in community settings in roles including mental health clinician, trauma specialist, addictions therapist and eating disorders therapist.
Background and approach
Alison has also supported young people and worked in schools as a child and young person's counsellor, and she runs a independent practice for adults and young people. Her experience includes helping people with stress and anxiety, bereavement, relationship concerns, trauma and childhood abuse, neurodiversity and issues around eating and addiction.
She also offers support for concerns such as self-esteem, anger, chronic illness and caregiving strain. Alison describes her style as gently direct. She helps people develop insight and practical ways to cope, drawing on a mix of talking approaches.
The aim is to work together so people can feel steadier and clearer about next steps. She holds membership of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy - BACP. Sessions can be delivered in different formats to fit people’s lives and needs.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Alison lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Alison names
- Systemic Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Alison uses Systemic Therapy to look at patterns in relationships and everyday interactions, helping people spot repeated habits and try new ways of relating. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings and then choose actions that match their values, which can ease avoidance and increase purpose.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Alison will collaborate with each person to decide whether a systemic lens, ACT techniques or other talking methods fit best for their goals. The choice can shift as therapy progresses and as priorities change.
Online sessions are offered by video, phone, live chat or text-based messaging so people can pick what suits them. Video is useful when visual cues matter, phone calls work well when internet bandwidth is limited, chat or messaging can provide shorter check-ins and text can suit those who prefer not to be on camera. These options aim to make regular contact easier to fit around work, family and other commitments.
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Questions people ask
What issues does she help with?
She supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, addictions and eating concerns, plus relationship, grief and self-esteem issues.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her approach is warm and empathic yet practical. She helps people develop insight and simple coping strategies to manage day-to-day difficulties.
What experience does she bring?
She has 20 years of professional work across the NHS and community settings, including roles in trauma, addictions and eating disorders.
What credentials and location apply?
She is a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and practises in the United Kingdom.
In which languages can sessions be held?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be delivered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat or text-based messaging to suit different preferences.
How are costs handled?
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